St. Paul girl named Marion County dairy princess

Pierson will represent county, promote dairy products

Sara Pierson, of St. Paul, is the 2014 Marion County dairy princess and ambassador. Her coronation was May 13 at the Red Lion Inn in Salem.

Pierson, daughter of Steve and Susan Pierson, is a senior at St. Paul High School with plans to attend Oregon State?University in the fall and major in food science.

She is active in sports and works at Sar-Ben Farms, her familys fifth-generation dairy farm.

As part of her coronation, Pierson gave a speech titled Cows Come First in Our Family, presented a TV commercial demonstrating the benefits of drinking milk after a hard days work and answered an impromptu question.

As dairy princess/ambassador, Pierson will represent Marion County dairy farm families and will promote dairy products. In addition, she will compete for the title of Oregon dairy princess/ambassador in January.